V-2: Re: BDSL, 1- Genetic Therapy for Inherent Vice

[Carvill, John]

> It's not ugly. It's quite astounding in its beauty;

Surely a bit of both?

> some of the prose of chapters like Mondaugan's
> story put young P at the head of his class.


Yep.


> To argue that the book is ugly and that
> crapper IV is somehow lovely is demonstrate a total lack of aesthetic
> ....well, 

Well now, if IV is 'crapper', does that make V. at least somewhat crap?